The dog’s what!?.
Part of a 20-year trawl of donations made to the US-based Friends of Sinn Féin unearthed by the Irish Times.
Judith Goldberger writes::
San Francisco Irish Pubs as classy as ever….
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRhdODRWz1I
What you may need to know:
1. It’s a new sitcom created by and starring Will Forte. LOVE Will Forte.
2. The first two epiodess have just aired in the US, to a rapturous response.
3. The first two episodes were directed by Phil Lord & Chris Miller, who did The LEGO Movie (2014) and 21 (& 22) Jump Street. They know comedy.
4. Forte insists that the sequel to MacGruber (2010) is still going to happen.
5. Our favourite Forte character from SNL? It’s gotta be Hamilton.
6. That said, we do love his occasional Tim & Eric bit.
7. We say: Loving the beard.
Broadcast date [Ireland]: TBC
Hilary writes:
Just writing as the notorious internet phenomenon, Slenderman is being brought to life(ish) at Theatre Upstairs in SLENDER a new play by Reality: Check Productions. The internet offline and onstage?
To wit:
‘There have always been whispers in the night… but what if those stories told around the campfire weren’t just stories? On a dark, cold night deep in the forests of Ireland, a chance meeting brings the legend of The Slender Man to life and tests the theory that if you truly believe something is real… it may just become real. After all, once you see him… you are his.’
This Friday and Saturday @ 13h and 19h (with lunch at lunchtime)
Theatre Upstairs, 10- 11 Eden Quay, Dublin 1.
Book here.
Above: a Cedar Of Lebanon tree at Ballinderry, County Tipperary – Ireland’s sole contender in the 2015 Tree Of The Year Competition.
Of which Stephen Hennelly writes:
Poor showing from Ireland this year although I’m still ‘rooting’ for us
to win.
We came last.
Last.
Mmf.
(Photo: Jim Hynes)
Gulp
atShocking that this was on sale @ArnottsDublin-Well done to @RuhamaAgency for getting it off the shelves! #NotBuyingIt pic.twitter.com/0dQOspqbjz
— Womenscouncilireland (@NWCI) March 5, 2015
Jaykers.
Still, could have been worse.
https://vimeo.com/121236907
A musical remix of light saber battles from the last six Star Wars films by the mighty Eclectic Method.
We already know where all this is leading.
‘sup?
Dublin SPCA writes:
Millhouse (above) one of our many equines in the DSPCA went off to his new home last week. He now is a companion pony to Harvey a retired racehorse and living with Iona (bottom pic) and her family. If you are interested in adopting any of fabulous equines please pop up to our centre in Rathfarnham, Co Dublin [see link below], we are open 7 days a week from 11.00am – 4.30pm. Thank you.
Ah, Lads
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From top: Candidates running in this week’s University College Dublin’s Student Union executive elections and votes being sorted and counted in UCD this afternoon
Votes are being counted in UCD after students voted in their Student Union executive elections yesterday and Tuesday.
The latest results from the counts this afternoon show Marcus O’Halloran is leading in the UCDSU President race – with 493 votes (36%) ahead of Michael Foley who has 365 votes (27%).
Earlier this week, Mr O’Halloran released an apology to students after it emerged he was a member of a Facebook group, called ‘Girls I’d shift if i was tipsy’.
University Observer reported on Monday:
“The group, which as of this morning was open and public, consists of male UCD students and appears to have existed since 2012, with most of the activity taking place this February. All of the group’s members are men, and an early post in the group reads “right lads all girls have been removed from this group so its now a lads only group hence ya can talk more freely about girls id like to shift if i was tipsy”.”
“The latest post in the group is a photo of two students captioned with “Bitta cross breeding going on here” and two emojis depicting a white person and a person of colour wearing a turban, while another recent post shows two students, one male and one female, asleep in a bed together. Most photos in the group depict couples in nightclubs.”
“Complaints made about the group also addressed UCDSU presidential candidate Marcus O’Halloran’s membership of the group. O’Halloran has been a member of the group for over a year and has “liked” the majority of the page’s posts, including the two mentioned above. 22 of the group’s 47 members have cover photos or profile photos endorsing Marcus O’Halloran’s campaign for president.”
In his apology, Mr O’Halloran said:
“This group is not representative of my opinions on women’s rights or gender equality. There is a “Lad” culture prevalent across UCD and as president, I would like to run a sexual harassment awareness campaign to combat cat-calling and the objectification of women.”
Concerns raised over “derogatory” UCD students’ Facebook group (University Observer)
Pics: UCD Students’ Union
H/T: Catherine Healy
The packed old kit bag, 1916.
Includes soap, Oxo and ‘troubles’.
Aoife Keogh writes:
I’m currently in my final year of Visual Communications in Ballyfermot. I recently designed this infographic showing what a 1916 private soldier carried during the ‘Great War’ (fair few of them would have been Irish too), some of the stuff is particularly interesting and I think its something some of your readers might find it interesting too…
FIGHT!